8/27- class expectations
8/28 and 8/29- watched movie
8/30- talked about the movie and answered questions.
8/31- World History Intro Ch. 1 notes
- What is World History?
- The study of the history of the world
- BC and AD-
- Before Christ and anno Domini(Latin for "in the year of our Lord")
- BCE-
- Before Common Era
- CE-
- Common Era
- How old is the Earth?-
- 4.6 billion years old
- What are some of the biggest achievements in world history?
- Farming
- Mastery of fire
- Communication/ Language
- Invention of tools
- Invention of wheels
- Art
- Where were the oldest human fossils found?
- Africa- specifically Tanzania, Ethiopia and recently Morrocco
- What is the difference between archeology and paleontology?
- Paleontology is the study of life prior to almost 12,000 years ago and relies on the study of fossils
- Archeology is the study of human activity through the recover of artifacts
- What is a paleoanthropology?
- The study of the origins of present humans, using fossils and other remains
- Hominization-
- the process of becoming like a human
- It is a branch of archeology
Louis and Mary Leakey
- Searched for hominid remains in Tanzania from the 1930's- 1970's
- Found human-like fossils in 1959 in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania(in Africa)
- This discovery would usher many other findings over the decades
Donald Johanson
- Discovered a 3.2 million year old fossil of a female skeleton in Ethiopia named "Lucy"
- This was the oldest known hominid remains found until 2015
- 500,000 years older than Lucy
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